Show OIL ft INDUSTRY ft BUSINESS NEWS Oil Exploration is on Increase in Moab Area BY DON ROD ROBINSON INSON Oil oU exploration In the areas north and south of Moab has had a significant increase in the past two weeks boosting lo locations locations lo- lo to an n all time high Four shallow locations in the vicinity of Well north and west of here may develop into more than a lease holding situation according to reports here Pure Oil Is preparing pre paring a location for the newly created Flat Iron unit south of Moab 12 to 13 miles it has been en learned It will be a deep test All of the new exploration follows the general southeast to northwest line of the so-called so Lisbon Trend Employment In the Grand county area Is termed by the Utah State Employment Service here Hiring for Industry has been almost solely replaced Fortunately retail sales and seasonal employment has taken up tome some of ot the slack created by the departure of the Warner Brothers location location location loca loca- tion for tor the filming fUming of Cheyenne Autumn o There has been an increase naturally In the number of unemployment claims Mana Manager r Bud Lincoln stated However he added There is nothing to be alarmed about we compare f very favorably with the national picture having about 22 per thousand unemployed e Texas Gulf Sulphur executive and sales personnel have been visitors to Moab for the past three days two Twenty-two of the company's force arrived here Monday for what is called a sales conference See story this pa page Industry journals are sounding more and more optimistic over the long range possibilities of 01 the potash market In summing summing sum sum- ming up the new sources of 01 potash Including the operation operation opera opera- tion here one report says that the abundance of 01 new capacity will usher in a period of 01 accelerated competition as producers old and new scramble for a share of the relatively undeveloped ed cd markets With the world population on the Increase as it Jt Is a reasonable reasonable reasonable reas reas- estimate of the need that will develop In the next 30 or so years Is Js for three times the fertilizer requirements of this time Garrett in Moab has announced d the appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of a new Terminal Manager for the Moab operation He HeIs HeIs Heis is Bill Nichols who took over the terminal on December 2 replacing Keith Clendenin Mr Nichols is from Farmington New Mexico He said that there are no plans for expanding expanding expanding ex ex- the terminal We hope to continue to increase good service he said |